The Things They Carried

The first work of literature we are reading in Part 3 is "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien.

Below is the table of contents of the book, together with a reading schedule:

5 September 2016:
• Things they carried
• Love
• Spin
• On the Rainy River
• Enemies
• Friends

12 September 2016:
• How to tell a true war story
• Dentist
• Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
• Stockings
• Church
• The Man I killed
• Ambush
• Style

19 September 2016:
• Speaking of courage
• Notes
• In the field
• Good form

26 September 2016:
• Field trip
• Ghost soldiers
• Night life
• Lives of the dead.